What's new on this site: April-June 2011

For more details, with links, of the latest batch of updates, see the
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16 April 2011:

New material

In the Feet of Fines section, abstracts of fines for Yorkshire (1388-1407) (298 fines) have been added.

A new section listing Older County Histories that are available online has been added, as a complement to the section on the Victoria County History. Links to some more works remain to be added, but I hope that most of what's currently available has been covered. Suggestions for further additions will be gratefully received.

New links

Medieval source material on the Internet:

County and local history:

John Strype, A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. (1720) (Stuart London Project, Humanities Research Institute, The University of Sheffield)Electronic version of Strype's greatly expanded revision of John Stow's A Survey of London.

Public records: Taxation and other lists:

An Index to the 1332 Lay Subsidy Rolls for Lincolnshire, England (Kathleen M. O'Brien, Medieval Scotland)Name indexes to the online transcription by David Postles.

Public records: Chancery rolls:

A Calendar of Irish Chancery Letters, c. 1244-1509 (The Irish Chancery Rolls Project, Centre for Irish-Scottish and Comparative Studies, Trinity College Dublin)Online resource, in preparation, to incorporate all known transcripts and calendars of Irish chancery letters, including a digitized version of the calendar published by the Record Commission in 1828. The original records were lost when the Irish Public Record Office was destroyed in 1922.

Public records: Miscellaneous public records:

Ancient Correspondence: A letter from Louis I, Count of Flanders 1322-1346, to King Edward III (Roy Storm, Storm and Company of Robin Hood's Bay)English translation of SC 1/33, number 202.

Blanche Parry (Ruth E. Richardson)Website of the author of a biography of the Elizabethan courtier Blanche Parry. The site includes 16th-century lists of tenants in Wheldrake, Yorkshire, and elsewhere, abstracts of inquisitions post mortem, and translations and discussion of Welsh bardic poems mentioning members of Blanche's family.

R. S. Ferguson, ed., An Accompt of the most considerable Estates and Families in the county of Cumberland, from the conquest unto the beginning of the reign of K. James [the First] by John Denton, of Cardew. (1887) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Tract Series, number 2.

Stephen Glover, The History of the County of Derby. Volume 1. (1829) (Google Books)

John Pym Yeatman, George R. Sitwell and Cecil J. S. Foljambe, The Feudal History of the County of Derby: (Chiefly during the 11th, 12th, and 13th Centuries). Volume 1, [section 1]. [1886] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Pym Yeatman, George R. Sitwell and Cecil J. S. Foljambe, The Feudal History of the County of Derby; (Chiefly during the 11th, 12th, and 13th Centuries). Volume 1, section 2. (1886) (Google Books)

John Pym Yeatman, George Reresby Sitwell and Cecil J. S. Foljambe, The Feudal History of the County of Derby: (Chiefly during the 11th, 12th, and 13th Centuries). Volume 2, section 3. (1889) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Pym Yeatman, George R. Sitwell and Cecil J. S. Foljambe, The Feudal History of the County of Derby: (Chiefly during the 11th, 12th, and 13th Centuries). Volume 2, section 4. (1890) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Pym Yeatman and Charles Pym Yeatman, The Feudal History of the County of Derby: (Chiefly during the 11th, 12th, and 13th Centuries). Volume 5, section 9. (1907) (Rosemary Lockie, GENUKI)Table of contents and two transcribed chapters.

William Marrat, The History of Lincolnshire, Topographical, Historical and Descriptive. Volume 3. (1816) (Google Books)

[Thomas Allen,] The History of the County of Lincoln. Volume 1. (1833) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

[Thomas Allen,] The History of the County of Lincoln. Volume 2. (1834) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Daniel Lysons, The Environs of London: being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, Within Twelve Miles of that Capital. Volume 1. County of Surrey. (1792) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)SourcePDFs2\Sources\environsoflondon01lyso

Daniel Lysons, The Environs of London: being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, Within Twelve Miles of that Capital. Volume 2. County of Middlesex. ([1795]) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Daniel Lysons, The Environs of London: being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, Within Twelve Miles of that Capital. Volume 3. County of Middlesex. (1795) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Daniel Lysons, The Environs of London: being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, Within Twelve Miles of that Capital. Volume 4. Counties of Herts, Essex & Kent. (1796) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Daniel Lysons, The Environs of London: being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, Within Twelve Miles of that Capital. Volume 1. Counties of Surrey, Kent, Essex & Herts. (1810) (Google Books)

Daniel Lysons, An Historical Account of those Parishes in the County of Middlesex which are not Described in the Environs of London. (1800) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Charles Parkin, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 4. (1775) (Google Books)

Francis Blomefield, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 1. (2nd edition, 1805) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Francis Blomefield, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 2. (2nd edition, 1805) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Francis Blomefield, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 3. (2nd edition, 1806) (British History Online)

Francis Blomefield, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 4. (2nd edition, 1806) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Francis Blomefield, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 5. (2nd edition, 1806) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Francis Blomefield, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 6. (2nd edition, 1807) (British History Online)

Charles Parkin, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 7. (2nd edition, 1807) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Charles Parkin, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 8. (2nd edition, 1808) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Charles Parkin, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 9. (2nd edition, 1808) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Charles Parkin, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 10. (2nd edition, 1809) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Charles Parkin, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 11. (2nd edition, 1810) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Nurse Chadwick, Index nominum; being an index of Christian and Surnames, (with Arms,) mentioned in Blomefield's History of Norfolk (1862) (Google Books)

John Wallis, The Natural History and Antiquities of Northumberland: And of so much of the County of Durham as lies between the Rivers Tyne and Tweed; commonly called, North Bishoprick. Volume 1. (1769) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Wallis, The Natural History and Antiquities of Northumberland: And of so much of the County of Durham as lies between the Rivers Tyne and Tweed; commonly called, North Bishoprick. Volume 2. (1769) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

William Hutchinson, A View of Northumberland with an Excursion to the Abbey of Mailross in Scotland. Volume 2. (1778) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Hodgson, A History of Northumberland. Part 2, volume 2. (1832) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Hodgson, A History of Northumberland. Part 2, volume 3. (1840) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Hodgson, A History of Northumberland. Part 3, volume 1. (1820) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Hodgson, A History of Northumberland. Part 3, volume 2. (1828) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Hodgson, A History of Northumberland. Part 3, volume 3. (1835) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Eneas Mackenzie, An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County of Northumberland, and of those parts of the County of Durham situated North of the River Tyne, with Berwick upon Tweed, ... Volume 1. (2nd edition, 1825) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Eneas Mackenzie, An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County of Northumberland, and of those parts of the County of Durham situated North of the River Tyne, with Berwick upon Tweed, ... Volume 2. (2nd edition, 1825) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Crawford Hodgson, A History of Northumberland. Volume 4. Hexhamshire: Part 2. (Hexham, Whitley Chapel, Allendale, and St. John Lee) and The Parish of Chollerton, The Parish of Kirkheaton, The Parish of Thockrington. (1897) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Crawford Hodgson, A History of Northumberland. Volume 5. The Parish of Warkworth with the Chapelry of Chevington. The Parish of Shilbottle. The Chapelry or Extra-parochial Place of Brainshaugh. (1899) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Crawford Hodgson, A History of Northumberland. Volume 6. The Parish of Bywell St. Peter, The parish of Bywell St. Andrew with Blanchland, The Chapelry or Parish of Slaley. (1902) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Crawford Hodgson, A History of Northumberland. Volume 7. The Parish of Edlingham With the Chapelry of Bolton, The Parish of Felton With the Chapelry of Framlington, The Chapelry or Parish of Brinkburn. (1904) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Charles Hulbert, The History and Antiquities of Shrewsbury ... by Thomas Phillips: The Second Edition, with a Continuation ... including also the History and Description of the County of Salop ... Volume 1. (1837) (Google Books)

James Dallaway, A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex including the Rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber, with the City and Diocese of Chichester. Volume 1. (1815) (Google Books)

Thomas Walker Horsfield, The History and Antiquities of the County of Sussex. Volume 1. (1835) (Google Books)

Thomas Widdrington (edited by Caesar Caine), Analecta Eboracensia. Some Remaynes of the Ancient City of York. Collected by a Citizen of York. (1897) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

T[homas] G[ent], The Antient and Modern History of the famous City of York. (1730) (Google Books)

Francis Drake, Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York. (1736) (Google Books)

William Hargrove, History and Description of the Ancient City of York. Volume 1. (1818) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

William Hargrove, History and Description of the Ancient City of York. Volume 2 [part 1]. (1818) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

William Hargrove, History and Description of the Ancient City of York. Volume 2, part 2. (1818) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

Edward Baines, History, Directory and Gazetteer, of the County of York. Volume 2. East and North Ridings. (1823) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

George Poulson, The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness, in the East-Riding of the County of York. Volume 1. (1840) (Google Books)

George Poulson, The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness, in the East-Riding of the County of York. Volume 2. (1841) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

John Graves, The History of Cleveland, in the North Riding of the County of York. (1808) (Google Books)

John Walker Ord, The History and Antiquities of Cleveland. (1846) (Google Books)

Thomas Gill, Vallis Eboracensis: comprising the History and Antiquities of Easingwold and its Neighbourhood. (1852) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)

William Grainge, The Vale of Mowbray: A Historical and Topographical Account of Thirsk and its Neighbourhood. (1859) (Google Books)

Joseph Hunter, Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York: with ... the Parishes of Ecclesfield, Hansworth, Treeton, and Whiston, and of the Chapelry of Bradfield. (1819) (Google Books)

Edward Baines, History, Directory and Gazetteer, of the County of York. Volume 1. West Riding. (1822) (Google Books)